title: A short history of the initial discovery of the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome.
abstract: Deletion of the short arm of chromosome 4 (4p-) was first described in 1961 [Hirschhorn and Cooper, 1961], and the second case of 4p- was published in 1965 [Hirschhorn et al., 1965]. This short history describes the original case and the sequence of events leading to the publications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. kurt.hirschhorn@mssm.edu
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirschhorn
mesh_terms: D005826:Genetics, Medical / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City; D010641:Phenotype; D054877:Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology